Ten years have passed since Vince Gill and musician Paul Franklin's Bakersfield album was released, and now they've re-teamed for a new project called Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys. The 11-track album is set for release on August 4th.
Vince said, “When we originally started thinking about doing this record, we were going to do half and half, focusing on two different artists like we did with Bakersfield, recording songs of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. But we got to liking so many of Ray's songs, that it became 'Let's do all Ray' and ‘Well, Okay!''”
Paul added, “We had such a great time doing Bakersfield. It felt good introducing that music to a new generation. This time, it was a no-brainer to pick Ray Price. Once we locked in on Ray, we started looking through the sheer volume of his material. We looked for obscure songs, ones even Ray's fans might not know as well.”
The musicians contributing to Sweet Memories include: Tom Bukovac (electric guitar), Dennis Crouch (bass), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Steve Gibson (electric guitar), John Jarvis (piano), Greg Morrow (drums), Wendy Moten (harmony vocals), the late Michael Rhodes (electric bass), Jerry Roe (drums), Derek Wells (electric guitar), and Andrea Zonn (harmony vocals).